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Mumbai terror, Aggienaut to fly again, fall commencement — 12.12.08
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NEWS
Scholars, scientist offer perspectives on Mumbai terrorism
A UC Davis crop scientist is back from Mumbai, where he saw both the heroic and horrific sides of humanity in the terrorist attacks last month. Elsewhere on campus, professors weigh in on the simmering India-Pakistan conflict and possible solutions. [ More… ]
Bee haven eyed for campus
Honeybees will soon find a pollinator paradise at UC Davis, thanks to Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream. Haagen-Dazs has announced that it is making a $125,000 donation to the UC Davis Department of Entomology to launch a nationwide design competition to create a one-half acre Honey Bee Haven garden at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. [ More… ]
Book project author says goodness is hard to write about
Tracy Kidder visited campus for a forum, a writing workshop and an evening lecture, all about physician Paul Farmer and his tireless efforts to improve global health, as described in Kidder's book Mountains Beyond Mountains. "(Farmer) forces us to think about problems we'd rather not think about," Kidder told an audience of nearly 1,300 in the Mondavi Center's Jackson Hall. [ More… ]
Winter viewing: Tract housing, cosmic flow, the Beat era and more
In a mixed-media exhibition at the C.N. Gorman Museum, American Indian artist Gerald Clarke Jr. examines tract housing's effect on native communities of Southern California. At the Nelson Gallery, Dave Lane transforms old machinery into works that embody his vision of how the universe is organized. These are two of the campus's new exhibits for winter quarter. [ More… ]
MLK scholarships: UC Davis hosts awards dinner for the first time
The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Fund, which offers $500 grants to Sacramento-area high school seniors, has scheduled its annual awards dinner for Jan. 15 at UC Davis. The date would have been King's 80th birthday. The Office of Campus Community Relations is co-sponsoring the dinner, which is being held at the university for the first time since the event's inception in 2004. [ More… ]
Big birds to see the light in 2009
A program to discourage egrets and herons from nesting in the campus's Shields Oak Grove will continue next year with a bit more flash. When the first black-crowned night-herons arrive in March, they will be greeted with disturbing but harmless distress calls and laser lights. The nesting birds have become a serious threat to the oak trees' health, largely because of the toxic qualities of the birds' excrement. [ More… ]
Aggie astronaut tapped for fourth shuttle mission
Astronaut and UC Davis alumnus Steve Robinson will make his fourth flight on the space shuttle next December, NASA has announced. Robinson has a bachelor's degree in mechanical and aeronautical engineering from UC Davis and has previously spoken on campus about his spaceflight experience. [ More… ]
DIRECTIVES
Standard mileage rate decreases for 2009
The university's mileage reimbursement rates for expenses incurred in connection with the business use of a private automobile will decrease in accordance with the Internal Revenue Service standard mileage rates. [ More… ]
Management Skills Assessment Program (MSAP): Call for Applications
Applications for the University of California-sponsored program for staff are due by noon Feb. 12, 2009. The program will take place at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove from April 27 through May 1. [ More… ]
EVENTS
Fall commencement
Saturday, Dec. 13, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., ARC Pavilion
Two ceremonies are planned: one for the College of Letters and Science at 10 a.m., and the other for the colleges of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, and Engineering at 2 p.m. The ceremonies will also be available for viewing on the Web. [ More… ]
Holiday shows in Jackson Hall
Dec. 13, 14, 20 and 21, Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center
A Christmas-themed flamenco show and American Bach Soloists' presentation of Handel's Messiah are coming to the Mondavi Center as part of its 2008-09 presenting season. The center is also being rented for holiday shows by the Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra, and San Francisco-based choral group Chanticleer. [ More… ]
UC Davis Cancer Survivors Group
Thursday, Dec. 18, noon, ASAP group room
This support group, for survivors and friends or relations of survivors of any cancer, meets the third Thursday of every month. For more information, call the Academic and Staff Assistance Program, (530) 752-2727. [ More… ]